If you're not already, put the new diaper under the dirty so you pull it out after you clean up. Wipey on the weiney to prevent overspray. Push legs up to his belly to help finish the poop if he is still going on the changing table. As other comment said it is a lot in the beginning but it eases up after the first few weeks.

Desitin is your friend. Buy a jar and slather it on between changes to prevent diaper rash.

Welcome to the fun! I changed my kids diaper anytime I had a whiff of poop. You go through a lot diapers in the early days but their skin is pretty sensitive right now and it’s best to just go ahead and get them in a new one and cut down on the potential rashes. It’ll slow down, just hang in there.

As for the peeing issue, have the new diaper underneath the old one and as soon as you remove the dirty one and wipe up, put that top flap into place.

That’ll cut down the opportunity window but he’ll still time it up perfectly every once in a while.

You're getting some good advice so just chiming in with - it's ok to experiment a little! Babies are different, so what works/what you can get away with may vary. We had a similar experience as you, and waiting 5 minutes before a change was usually fine. But if your little guy seems uncomfortable or starts getting a bit of a rash, go back to immediately. It'll change up as he gets older, too

At first you'll go through a ton of them, then it all kinda stabilizes. I started off with 24 cloth diapers and 16 liners, and at the beginning was doing laundry every day. It quickly tapered down to every other, then every third. Change as necessary though.

If you open the wet wipes, close them "half" again. This way you can pull them out one by one and not 5 in one ball ( if you understand what i mean? )

The modern disposable diapers wick away the moisture so well diaper rash isn’t nearly the problem it used to be. Every time you feed is often enough- the odd missed one when she’s sleepy and you don’t want her to be fully awakened is ok if she is only wet. Soiled diapers should be changed immediately.

Unless she poops, I’ll change at every feed. Mine is also perfectly content to sit in a wet diaper and didn’t really get upset about poopy diapers until recently - she’s almost 8 months old (and wow, does time fly). Instead I had to listen for what we call her “poop grunt”.

In professional, licensed childcare (at least in my state) our standard is every 2 hours of just wet OR asap after a poop. I think this is a very conservative time frame and if your kiddo isn't particularly sensitive, fussing, or flooding, then going more like 3-4 hours isn't a huge deal.

2 hours is our baseline at home because we use cloth and they WILL flood/don't wick pee away nearly as well. But we still have changes where we are more in the 3-4 hour time frame.

OH and never forget the golden rule - don't wake them just to change a wet diaper. Let the baby sleep

I would never wake the baby to change her diaper unless she wakes up on her own. If you are really worried, you can apply butt paste at nights which would help avoid diaper rash! In the mornings, I would change her diaper every 2-3 hours and immediately if she poops.

As a young infant we always did changes with wake ups and before sleeps plus with poops of course so before and after every nap and before bed and after every night wake that we fed (so most at that age), not for quick wake ups where we just soothed back to sleep. I wouldn't wake a baby overnight to change a diaper if they are sleeping long stretches use an overnight diaper. Also lots of diaper cream before bed.

Poop immediately and when I notice a pee diaper. When he was smaller my som would cry every time he wet his diaper so I was forever changing diapers.

If we hear a poop, we wait 10 minutes to see if she’s done then change. We change wet diapers every time she eats.

4 months today and we do cloth during the day and disposables at night. With any: Any time we notice a poop, every 2 hours or any time we notice a saturated pee diaper with pee, and we don't change disposables overnight unless there's poop.

I change poopy diapers immediately once I smell them on my guy. I let pee build up a bit in the diaper until it’s squishy, since that’s what people would do before the wetness indicator was invented.

I usually change her before every feed which is between 4-5 hours. If she poops between feedings then I'll change her or if she manages to saturate a diaper before then. My daughter generally saturates a diaper overnight so when she first wakes up in the morning I'll change her before bringing her in bed with me to sleep a few more hours lol.

I change her diaper every 3 hours. Poop gets changed as soon as it happens.

Poop? Change right away.

Pee? Change before nap. Check again after nap and change if wet again. (Her wake windows are generally 1.5-2 hrs long for reference)

We average 8-9 diaper changes a day. 4 months old. Never had a diaper rash (touch wood, she just started daycare so that could change).

Edited to add: and will sometimes do a quick squeeze to see how hard/full the diaper is during the wake windows if diaper is wet and doesn’t pass the eye test. Don’t want a too wet diaper in case that’s uncomfortable for her!

Naw this would bother me. I probably change my daughter's diaper too often. I am constantly checking if it feels puffy or looking for the blue line. Not changing them enough is how they end up with diaper rash.

Yeah I think about that my son goes 12+ hours overnight without a change. But because of that i change more often during the day and apply a barrier cream.

This might get me downvoted but that’s about how much I change mine. He doesn’t care about full pee diapers. I’ve had days where in the full day I use 4-5 if he doesn’t poop. He’s never gotten a diaper rash and he’s 5 months. I feel for fullness and if it’s not like 3/4 full I’m not changing it. So 2 in 7 hours is fine by me so long as he wasn’t leaking or sitting in poop.

I was thinking this too, really depends on age. We were changing my baby’s diaper constantly when she was a newborn.

The first few months we changed every 2hrs. Now we can go sometimes 3hrs. If the indicator isn’t blue we will check to see if it’s puffy and then decide.

The drier you can keep the baby the less rashes you’ll deal with. If it’s soiled at all just change it.

If it’s poop, I wait five minutes because my kid is a slow pooper and I’d just be changing her immediately after I changed her if I didn’t.

For me, if it’s poop I change it right away. If it’s pee I usually wait a little while until it looks kinda full.

I’d be constantly washing nappies if I changed them every time my toddler peed! I feel like changing every 2-3 hours isn’t too bad

My little one comes up, makes eye contact, and smacks his diaper. We wince every time, but it is effective getting the message across 🤦 (and yes we try to give him other ways to tell us, he seems to think it's funny)

My almost 2 year old is non verbal but I’ve been able to teach them a bunch of signs- one being diaper. You can easily google it but it’s your thumb, pointer & middle finger tapping together down by your waist. Mine does it up in the air but still gets the point across. It’s been super helpful especially if we’re in a different room than the diapers.

My almost two year old started pointing to his diaper and saying "pee!" and I was so excited that he was maybe closer to being ready to potty train. But it turns out he just likes to say "pee," and it doesn't actually mean he peed. 😒

I change a diaper whenever I notice it is dirty, and then at least every 2-3 hours unless it is obviously dry.

My daughter is 6 months and I'm changing usually 4-5 times in 24 hours.

I always changed my baby after every pee and poop. We probably use more diapers than other people (around 8-10 per day) but I can’t stand the smell.

I just change as needed. If it’s wet/poop, I change it

That’s what I did around that age! Still do that at 15 months and they’re transitioning to one nap. I think if they aren’t getting a rash and aren’t leaking, it’s probably enough! Diapers are so absorbent these days

At least 5 times a day. We change her diaper before every meal and of course after poop.

I work from 9-3. I change baby when I get there check before nap, and change for bath time. Check before I leave.

Also, do you have to wipe pee every time? U heard no, but I do because I read that on line.

I check it every 2 hours. If the line on the diaper is blue, I change it. After 6 hours if he hasn't peed I text the mom. He pees ever 2-3 hours so going 6+ Without peeing isn't his normal

Absolutely not, that’s actually considered neglect in most places. I can’t imagine the baby DOESN’T have a rash? My daughter specifically was quite sensitive to a wet diaper. My MIL did something like this and claimed she changed her throughout the day. I’d be changing up the routine sooner rather than later. You can also speak with MB about it because if that’s a deal breaker, I wouldn’t feel comfortable continuing in the position personally.

It could be cultural or resource conservation mindfulness not just laziness :-)

So in daycare the rule is we change every 2 hours unless they go #2. Moving to nannying from teaching ive always just kept that rule!!

After every nap as soon as baby wakes up, middle of the night if it’s too full and my LO wakes up, and often during feeds if needed. My LO is very aware and will stop mid feeds if there’s too much pee or will need to poop so will change then. I can’t imagine sitting in an overly wet and heavy diaper being comfortable and for sure change it after every poo. I’d rather waste a diaper than have a blowout or a diaper rash.

If I notice it's dirty at all, I change it 🤷🏽‍♀️! My BF said it was fine if it was just pee to let it fill more but I disagree.

Just don't like the thought of her sitting in any soil for any amount of time. So- if I notice a blue line or the diaper bulging, we change. When she wakes up from a nap, I check and change if needed. Wake up in middle of night, same!

usually before a feed which is every 2-3 hours unless i smell poop or if the diaper feels too squishy

I wait until it’s more full or change it right away if he poops. I’m not about to go through 12 diapers in a day. The diaper absorbs moisture so there’s really none against the skin unless it’s full full. 90% of the time when I change it even if it feels pretty full his skin is still dry. I go through probably 5-6 diapers in a 24 hour span. I’d rather not spend more money than I have to and create more waste than I have to. Definitely to each his own and if you’re fine changing it a lot, keep doing it!!!

ETA: I’m not letting my child’s diaper sag. I don’t let it get cold and damp and uncomfortable for him. Thankfully my little guy doesn’t care about only changing once every ~4-5 hours. I’ve been doing this since he was born and he’s never gotten a diaper rash.

I wait until it’s somewhat full. Diapers nowadays are extremely absorbent. Part of why it’s so difficult to potty train. Babies don’t even feel the wetness anymore

We use the blue striped indicator kind also. We check the diaper every 2-3 hours. If it’s blue it gets changed.

Our thought is that if we aren’t willing as an adult to sit in some piss pants, why would we make our kid. Same with our dog’s water dish; if there’s stuff in her bowl, she gets fresh water. We get shamed for both by others saying it’s a waste. We say fuck em, we want our family comfortable.

If you aren’t willing to sit in piss pants, you shouldn’t expect a helpless child either.

Poops right away. Otherwise. I change her when I think, oh shoot, I think it’s been awhile since I’ve changed her diaper. She couldn’t care less about having a wet diaper. So I change her in the morning when she gets up. After her poop (she goes once a day). Before bed. And then maybe 2-3x during the day otherwise.

We have a six month old and change her about every 2h during the day, I’d guess. Babies have such sensitive skin, sitting around in all that pee can cause a rash. I’d rather change her an extra 1-2 times a day and avoid a rash.

I change immediately !when poopy or when the diaper is squishy with pee. We go through like 4 or 5 a day at 3 months old. I don't see the point in changing every pee when the diaper absorbs way more than that and it has no ill effect in the baby to use the diaper till it's wet. It's a waste of money and not great for the environment.

We kinda just have spots in the routine It makes sense unless we notice it's droopy or they poop. For example we do It when they wake up. Then after they wake up from first nap, then check It after lunch as it's close to next nap and when we get dressed, then again after second nap and usually right before or after dinner. So 4-5 times a day?